5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

KHATS

KHATS is accepted as a guess but is not on the solver's possible-answer list.

As an opener, it rules out about 90.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of khat

Source: Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0. Corrections.

Wordle status

A word can be a playable guess without being a possible answer.

Playable guess

Yes

Included in the Wordle guess list used by our tools.

Possible answer

No

The solver does not currently treat this as a possible answer.

Past Wordle answer

Not used yet

No past answer date found.

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

How KHATS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts KHATS as a guess, but the solver does not list it as a possible answer.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 75.5% of games, misses completely in 24.5%, and leaves about 226 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,406 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.68 guesses in games solved within six turns.

Try your feedback pattern

Tap the tiles to match your feedback, then see the ranked follow-up guesses.

All gray? Tap a tile to cycle gray → yellow → green.

Useful pattern pages

If you only know part of the word, start with one of these matching patterns.

K___S K in the 1st position and S in the 5th position K__T_ K in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _H__S H in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

DROLE MARLE RIONE ROUET TALER DRICE
Words starting with K Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.48 Entropy (bits)
226 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.4% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How KHATS performed in the previous complete opener benchmark, against its captured answer snapshot. These research figures are separate from today's solver recommendations. See the data page for the method.

3.68 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#5,406 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, KHATS ranks #5,406 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
38
3 guesses
903
4 guesses
1,207
5 guesses
195
6 guesses
11

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
AST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
76%
Green tile
25%
All gray
24%

Feedback distribution

85 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

579
308
164
162
98
92
84
70
65
50
37
35
32
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26
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing KHATS:

25% chance
Suggested:
DROLE
13% chance
Suggested:
MARLE
7% chance
Suggested:
RIONE

Follow-ups for common patterns

Ranked follow-up guesses for the 10 most common feedback patterns.

24.5% →
DROLE 6.07 bits
13.1% →
MARLE 5.32 bits
7.0% →
RIONE 5.53 bits
6.9% →
ROUET 5.51 bits
4.2% →
TALER 4.55 bits
3.9% →
DRICE 4.72 bits
3.6% →
ROUET 4.66 bits
3.0% →
COURE 4.69 bits
2.8% →
SALUE 4.34 bits
2.1% →
COURE 4.86 bits

Letter-value totals

Base letter-value totals for KHATS; these do not show whether either game accepts the word.

Scrabble

K5H4A1T1S1
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

Scores shown are base values without double/triple letter or word bonuses.